We currently have a little over 5 hours of when the sun is up here in central Finland. This photo was taken around 2:20 p.m. It is still getting darker, but look on the bright side... a little over a week from now and it will always be getting brighter!

Very pretty color on the snow - love the picture. While I could deal with your cold, Ira's situation is well beyond what I'd want to experience. I think it's too cold when it gets into the single digits F/around -15 C. And right now I'm not so sure about 0 C/32 F since it's been relatively warm recently and I haven't yet gotten used to winter.